Not quite, peach, but close.... Wolfie asked Wilson if his wife was a covert operative at the time of the Novak article and Wilson stammered out a "no comment".
Of course, that begs the question - if Wilson truly believes his wife was "outed" two years ago, why can't he confirm or deny that she was, in fact, a covert cia operative at the time of the Novak article? This is smelling more and more like a calculated attempt at a Bush smear by two Kerry supporters, Wilson and wife Plame, and they got CAUGHT.
This is not Bush's problem, and not Rove's problem. It's a Wilson/Plame problem.
D.
I don't know which interview you saw, but this is a direct transcript of the Blitzer/Wilson interview from yesterday where Wilson admitted his wife wasn't covert at the time of the Novak article: "Wolf Blitzer: The other argument that has been made against you is that you sought to capitalize on this extravaganza, having that photo shoot with your wife, who was a clandestine officer of the CIA, and that you tried to enrich yourself writing this book and all of that. What do you make of those accusations, again, which are serious accusations as you knw that have been leveled against you? Joe Wilson: My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity. Wolf Blitzer: But she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time before that. Joe Wilson: That's not anything that I can talk about. And indeed I will go back to what I had said earlier. The CIA believed that a possible crimne had been committed and that's why they referred it to the Justice Department. She was not a clandestine officer at the time that that article in Vanity Fair appeared, and I have every right to have the American public know who I am, and not to have myself defined by those who would write the sorts of things that are coming out being spewed out of the mouths of the RNC. Wolf Blitzer: Who did you vote for in 2000? Joe Wilson: In 2000? I voted for Al Gore. In 1992 I voted for George Bush." This is an interesting exchange not because of Wilson's answers, which are insipid and defensive, but because Blitzer begins to ask a coupole of questions that haven't been asked to date. In asking them, Blitzer is protecting CNN against a surprise from the Special Prosecutor if there is a crime charged to Wilson's account, against the possibility of no charges --"she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time," Blitzer correctly notes-- and against the realization by the public that this is just a partisan hack attack on Rove, led by a hack partisan who supported Gore and who maniupulated his "service" in Niger to undermine the president with whom he disagreed.
Not quite, peach, but close.... Wolfie asked Wilson if his wife was a covert operative at the time of the Novak article and Wilson stammered out a "no comment".
I don't know which interview you saw, but this is a direct transcript of the Blitzer/Wilson interview from yesterday where Wilson admitted his wife wasn't covert at the time of the Novak article:
"Wolf Blitzer: The other argument that has been made against you is that you sought to capitalize on this extravaganza, having that photo shoot with your wife, who was a clandestine officer of the CIA, and that you tried to enrich yourself writing this book and all of that. What do you make of those accusations, again, which are serious accusations as you knw that have been leveled against you?
Joe Wilson: My wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity.
Wolf Blitzer: But she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time before that.
Joe Wilson: That's not anything that I can talk about. And indeed I will go back to what I had said earlier. The CIA believed that a possible crimne had been committed and that's why they referred it to the Justice Department. She was not a clandestine officer at the time that that article in Vanity Fair appeared, and I have every right to have the American public know who I am, and not to have myself defined by those who would write the sorts of things that are coming out being spewed out of the mouths of the RNC.
Wolf Blitzer: Who did you vote for in 2000?
Joe Wilson: In 2000? I voted for Al Gore. In 1992 I voted for George Bush."
This is an interesting exchange not because of Wilson's answers, which are insipid and defensive, but because Blitzer begins to ask a coupole of questions that haven't been asked to date. In asking them, Blitzer is protecting CNN against a surprise from the Special Prosecutor if there is a crime charged to Wilson's account, against the possibility of no charges --"she hadn't been a clandestine officer for some time," Blitzer correctly notes-- and against the realization by the public that this is just a partisan hack attack on Rove, led by a hack partisan who supported Gore and who maniupulated his "service" in Niger to undermine the president with whom he disagreed.